Table 11_1_4-4c

2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 11_1_4.4c
Children who needed care right away for an illness, injury, or condition in the last 12 months who usually got care as soon as wanted, by family income,^a United States, 2005
Population group		Total		Negative/poor		Near poor/low		Middle		High
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		15.0	1.0	20.5	2.6	19.3	2.2	11.9	1.8	12.5	1.8
Age	0–5	17.3	1.6	19.8	3.6	24.3	3.9	13.7	3.4	14.7	3.5
Age	6–17	13.5	1.2	21.0	3.5	15.7	2.2	10.8	1.8	11.0	2.1
Gender	Male	15.3	1.5	19.5	3.4	17.9	3.1	13.5	2.4	13.5	2.5
Gender	Female	14.7	1.4	21.4	3.7	21.0	3.1	9.8	2.5	11.2	2.5
Race	White, single race	14.6	1.1	22.7	3.4	17.1	2.5	12.2	2.1	12.3	1.9
	Black, single race	14.6	2.3	13.8	3.9	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Asian, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	13.9	1.1	17.2	2.7	18.4	2.7	10.4	1.9	13.3	2.0
	Non-Hispanic, White	13.1	1.2	17.2	3.7	15.6	3.1	10.8	2.3	12.9	2.0
	Non-Hispanic, Black	14.1	2.4	14.0	4.0	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Hispanic, all races	21.2	2.8	29.3	5.6	22.0	4.2	*	*	*	*
Health insurance	Any private	13.2	1.2	*	*	18.0	3.5	11.5	2.0	12.8	1.9
	Public only	19.5	1.8	20.9	2.8	21.0	3.1	*	*	*	*
	Uninsured	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	15.0	1.1	19.1	2.9	20.2	2.4	12.4	2.0	12.6	1.9
	Large central metro	18.3	2.0	26.4	4.4	24.5	3.9	16.6	3.9	11.2	3.2
	Large fringe metro	13.1	1.8	*	*	*	*	9.6	2.8	14.7	3.1
	Medium metro	14.4	2.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Small metro	12.7	3.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Nonmetropolitan	14.9	2.3	26.4	5.3	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Micropolitan	14.0	2.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Noncore	16.6	4.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	13.9	1.1	17.7	2.8	18.0	2.4	11.4	1.8	12.3	1.8
Language spoken most often at home	Other	27.3	3.3	37.3	5.7	25.9	5.1	*	*	*	*
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	14.7	1.0	19.5	2.6	20.1	2.4	11.4	1.7	12.3	1.8
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	20.7	4.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	Yes	18.9	2.2	21.4	4.6	20.1	3.9	15.3	3.2	19.6	4.4
CSHCN	No	13.1	1.1	20.6	3.1	18.4	2.6	9.7	1.9	9.8	2.0

^a Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, over the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over.

^b For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; CSHCN: children with special health care needs; SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 11_1_4-4c: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/11_timeliness/T11_1_4-4c.html